Sainte-Chapelle
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Sainte-Chapelle is the best place to spend your leisure time tasting delicious food and enjoying the nice atmosphere. After visiting our restaurant you will definitely have a wish to come back!
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Adress: 8 boulevard du Palais, Paris, 75001
Phone: +33 1 53 40 60 80
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Reviews
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Donna B.
The Chapelle truly has the best stained glass in all of Paris.
I recommend buying the ticket next door at the Conciergie. Check out that exhibit and then fast pass into the Chapelle.
You will enter on the ground level of the Gothic style building. Sainte Chapelle was intended to house precious relics, like Christ's crown of thorns. Check out the stone work and paint. Then take the very narrow stone spiral staircase up to the main floor to view the incredible 15 stained glass windows. Each window is almost 50 feet high, the stained glass panes depict 1,113 scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Even on a rainy day the glass is full of color. The intricate painted walls are equally impressive. My favorite looked like wall paper with a thin net over it, but was all paint.
Your photos won't do it justice. -
Emily L.
11.13.19
I personally am not Christian or Catholics but I love to look at good architectures. My friend wanted to check this one out. I think it was 10€ to get in. It hasn't been that long that I was there I know but getting back to reality want treating me very well, so... Anyway, it is worth checking out. It wasn't very big but it was very pretty on the 2nd floor.
When we were about to step out, my friend was asked if she can give some feedbacks on her visit, so she figured, why not. So she was given this iPad to do the survey. Boy that was one long survey...till a point my friend just wanted to get out asap. Haha I think they need to focus on the main point on that survey and not ask too many unrelated questions like what your email address is. -
TJ N.
Breathtaking, go early and avoid crowds, plus you'll get the early light which is stunning. The windows are somewhat obscured from the outside but vivid and surrounding inside. This is a must-see, jaw-dropping in its scale, and beauty. The visit is fairly a fast site to take in (give yourself a half hour max - unless you are a gawker). History and exquisite in its decorate nature.
Combined ticket for Conciergerie and Sainte-Chapelle is: Full price 15 € however, on the chapel was open, I'm not sure why. If you have a Paris Pass it's included so no extra cost. -
Sanjay G.
Without a doubt one of the prettiest churches, we have ever visited. Nowhere in Paris does stained glass windows quite as well as Sainte-Chapelle. Floor to ceiling stained glass windows, this 13th-century gothic chapel will literally take your breath away when you walk inside
The chapel is a true masterpiece and not to be missed. Mind it, it's not huge like another chapel in Paris. It won't take more than 40-45 minutes. Don't forget to check out the Lower chapel and its ceiling. You won't cause it the main entrance and then you take the very compact spiral staircase to the upper chapel where stained glasses are.
Fact: It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including Christ's Crown of Thorns - one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom, later hosted in the nearby Notre-Dame Cathedral until the 2019 fire, which it survived.
It normally opens at 9 am and the entry fee is 10 Euro. I would recommend reaching at opening time to avoid the crowd -
Denise W.
10 € for admission to Sainte-Chapelle and if you combine it with Conciergerie admission it is an extra 5 €. Definitely a better deal to hit 2 spots. Well the Conciergerie doesn't have much to see but there are lots of history behind it.
The Sainte-Chapelle is very pretty and would require 30 mins to see the whole thing. It is basically colorful glass with lights reflecting inside the church of Sainte-Chapelle. It is super busy inside.
First floor is where the souvenirs stands and merchants are located. If you walk to the end, you can grab a picture of Bastille, Upstairs on the second floor is where the beautiful colorful pane glass.
Great for pictures taking.